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Let Them Fail

Mills Scofield

This guest post is by fellow mentor/advisor to the Social Innovation Fellowship (formerly C.V. This is a must read for innovators and entrepreneurs of any type. Fortunately, this young social innovator lives on to fight another day, stronger for the experience. Please read on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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Tele-Mentoring Is Creating Global Communities of Practice in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

At the time, he was one of the few liver disease specialists in the entire state of New Mexico, and arithmetically, he would never be able to care for those patients in time to have a difference in their health. Innovating for Value in Health Care. So he conceived of and launched Project ECHO. Insight Center.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems.

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Proving It Through your Actions – a Guest Post from Steve Farber

Kevin Eikenberry

He’s also a multiple year nominee for Best Leadership Blog. You still have until midnight December 14th to vote.

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When Health Care Providers Look at Problems from Multiple Perspectives, Patients Benefit

Harvard Business Review

The care team ultimately found him a temporary rehabilitation facility where he recovered for two weeks until he was ready to go home. Unfortunately, this collaboration tends to be the exception rather than the norm in many health care organizations. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center.

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Stop Decorating the Fish

Skip Prichard

Innovation happens because of constraints, not despite them. Innovation happens because of constraints, not despite them.” A state may have to function within the confines of federal policies related to Medicaid, but that doesn’t mean the state cannot find ways to deliver higher quality health care at a lower cost.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

Business drivers examined include: Building high-performance cultures; engaging employees; cultivating a customer-focused culture; creating alignment and accountability; enhancing organizational talent; building strategic partnerships and relationships, driving process innovation and driving efficiency. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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